KC 7, CWS 8 | May 29, 2019 | The Best Box Score

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Thursday, May 30, 2019•Guaranteed Rate Field•65°F, Cloudy

Royals

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

Kelvin Herrera

LOSS

Ian Kennedy

SAVE

Alex Colomé

The White Sox edged the Royals 8-7 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Jorge Soler3 RBI

★Nicky Lopez3 RBI

★Whit Merrifield3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eloy Jimenez. Terrance Gore scores. Billy Hamilton scores. Nicky Lopez out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Eloy Jimenez to third baseman Yoan Moncada to second baseman Yolmer Sanchez.

Weather: 65°F, CloudyWind: 5 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:03Att: 16,167Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field

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90.2%C

14 missed calls

+12.7% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

CWS WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	7	15	0
CWS	2	5	0	0	0	0	0

Game 567290 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Nicky Lopez2B	5	1	2	3	0	0	.237/.308/.322	97.3	.272	.272
Whit MerrifieldRF	5	0	3	1	0	1	.295/.353/.507	98.8	.759	.716
Adalberto MondesiSS	5	0	0	0	0	2	.277/.311/.468	106.8	.370	.368
Alex GordonLF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.280/.370/.492	101.3	.262	.251
Hunter Dozier3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.315/.397/.592	112.7	.617	.572
Jorge SolerDH	5	1	2	3	0	0	.245/.296/.495	110.9	.465	.752
Ryan O'Hearn1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.191/.299/.342	105	.414	.391
Cam GallagherC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148/.190/.148	-	-	-
Billy HamiltonCF	3	2	2	0	1	0	.234/.314/.291	91.1	.445	.431
Bench
Martín MaldonadoC	3	0	1	0	1	0	.211/.309/.286	98.1	.264	.257
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	39	7	15	7	3	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Soler (6th off López, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Merrifield; Dozier

3B:Lopez

TB:22

RBI:Soler 3; Lopez 3; Merrifield

SB:Gore; Hamilton

GIDP:Maldonado; Mondesi

Team LOB:8

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Leury GarcíaCF	4	2	3	0	0	0	.293/.328/.370	98.4	.292

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn Sparkman	1.0	3	4	4	0	0	1	24-12	90.6	4.21
Jorge López	5.0	5	3	3	1	8	1	73-51	88.8	6.67
Brad Boxberger	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	84.2	5.57
Ian KennedyL	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	19-13	90.6	4.37
Totals	8.0	10	8	8	1	10	2	126-83	-	-

WP:López

HBP:Anderson (by Sparkman)

Inherited runners-scored:López 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Sparkman 24-12; López 73-51; Boxberger 10-7; Kennedy 19-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Sparkman 1-2; López 3-3; Boxberger 2-0; Kennedy 1-1

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Reynaldo López	5.2	12	5	5	2	3	1	118-74	90.5	6.20

Bot 1 • CWS

0-2

Yoan Moncada homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. Leury Garcia scores.

EV: 100.4 mph💣 360 ftLA: 30°

Top 2 • KC

1-2

Jorge Soler singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Eloy Jimenez. Alex Gordon scores. Hunter Dozier to 2nd.

EV: 110.9 mph92 ftLA: 3°

Bot 2 • CWS

1-3

Yolmer Sanchez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Whit Merrifield, deflected by first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Eloy Jimenez scores. Tim Anderson to 3rd.

EV: 80.4 mph85 ftLA: 6°

1-4

Charlie Tilson grounds into a force out, shortstop Adalberto Mondesi to second baseman Nicky Lopez. Tim Anderson scores. Yolmer Sanchez out at 2nd. Charlie Tilson to 1st.

EV: 104.2 mph4 ftLA: -23°

1-7

Jose Abreu homers (14) on a line drive to right center field. Charlie Tilson scores. Leury Garcia scores.

EV: 103.0 mph💣 374 ftLA: 24°

Top 6 • KC

5-7

Whit Merrifield singles on a line drive to center fielder Leury Garcia. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 97.8 mph236 ftLA: 13°

4-7

Nicky Lopez triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Charlie Tilson. Billy Hamilton scores.

EV: 97.3 mph347 ftLA: 19°

3-7

Jorge Soler homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field. Hunter Dozier scores.

EV: 99.0 mph💣 366 ftLA: 34°

Top 8 • KC

7-7

Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eloy Jimenez. Terrance Gore scores. Billy Hamilton scores. Nicky Lopez out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Eloy Jimenez to third baseman Yoan Moncada to second baseman Yolmer Sanchez.

EV: 83.3 mph55 ft0

Bot 8 • CWS

7-8

Tim Anderson doubles (7) on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. James McCann scores.

EV: 91.5 mph77 ftLA: 4°

Bench
Reynaldo LópezP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jace FryP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Evan MarshallP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kelvin HerreraP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex ColoméP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Kansas City Royals

Chicago White Sox

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Kansas City Royals

Chicago White Sox

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